What is your preferred language for developing Warcraft III maps? (2020 version)

[Drake53]

Two years ago, there was a poll that eventually led to the inclusion of JassHelper in the world editor.

What is your preferred language for developing Warcraft III maps?

A lot has changed since then, so I thought now would be a good time to repeat the poll from back then (with some more options).

 

[Daffa]

All hail GUI

 

[Tal'Rarity]

GUI and JASS are best unless you know how everything is compiled so you know which are the fastest methods in-game.

 

[Macadamia]

I voted Lua and TypeScript.

Because Lua is what I made the switch to, and that it is so much better than Jass in virtually all circumstances.
Not even to mention the superior performance of the Lua Virtual Machine over Jass's...

I also voted TypeScript because I prefer strongly typed languages, and I'd like to switch to TS one day
(and also because the current available TypeScript transpiler actually transpiles to Lua and not Jass )

 

[Daffa]

The thing is, we have one interface language (GUI) and tons of scripting language (Jass, Lua, INSERT LANGUAGE HERE). In a sense, GUI has the type error resistance which is heplful for non programmers to get started. This might be a reason why GUI has more potential starting userbase.

 

[Macadamia]

Indeed, and I still remember back in the early 2000 when I started map making, I definitely was using GUI, and I was an IT student ^^

I only made the switch to Jass when I felt comfortable with GUI.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

VJass. I don't like languages without type-safe variables. Plus it has backwards compatibility with many Hive resources.

I do appreciate Lua existing though. I just wished they would be seamlessly compatible via jass endjass and lua endlua statements.

 

[GIMLI_2]

VJass. I don't like languages without type-safe variables.

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I used GUI for a very long time, and i liked it, but it has its limitations.

 

[Macadamia]

I agree on the type safety.

Lua can be a nightmare if you don't pay extreme attention, but there is so much it can offer too, including a flexibility Jass (vJass is just decorated Jass) can never offer.

Also Lua Virtual Machine is so much more performant my map has had a new life since I converted it.

I could not go back to Jass even if I tried to.